Monthly Archives: May 2012

I’d say we can officially declare Jacob fluent in English. Well, I probably should have declared it at least two months ago— consider this declaration retroactive. Now I know the technical distinctions of fluency and the hazards identified by bilingual educators. Essentially adults can be mislead into thinking kids are…

Natesy’s going through that phase where all of a sudden, he’s got an opinion. And my does he have one. What, Jaimie, your child has an opinion? How shocking! I know, I know… they say it skips a generation. On the surface, our little Prince of Wails seems to have…

This morning Nate Dogg turned on the radio in his room and held his own dance party. Natesy’s dancing consists of four moves: the right foot stomp, step forward-step back, twirling, and his signature head nod. The song? “You Down Wit’ OPP.” Yeah you know me.

Jake is a lefty… just like his daddy and Grandma. Papa is itching to get him into baseball. Jakey’s into anything that involves throwing, hitting or kicking. And I’d say he’s got a pretty good shot at being a bona fide athlete. Now Nate. We don’t know Nate’s handedness yet,…

Tonight we went to dinner at my favorite gourmet food court: San Pedro Square Market. One time during a semi-meltdown, the guy at the Vietnamese spot actually got Jake to smile, via chicken on a toothpick. Of course he remembered us the next time we came back and now Jacob…

It’s May. Wouldn’t you know, I’ve been meaning to write about Halloween? Last October marked our third Shasta Halloween. We got about 450 trick-or-treaters, which was way down from 2010. I think the problem, or perhaps the financial upside, was that it fell on a Monday. Jake was a lion,…